Games You Enjoy with a Negative Rep?

[mogyay]

why are people saying skyward sword lol, i know it's probably the least liked zelda game but critically and commercially it did really well, i think you'd have to be very bitter to say it wasn't a good game (better than twilight princess, fight me), genuinely didn't know it had a bad rep until now

for me i love harvest moon games, typically i do prefer the ones that have higher reviews but i know they're not critically well received sometimes. same with tycoon games, i love zoo tycoon and rollercoaster tycoon. have a lot of love for of rpgs that didn't do too well such as various dragon quests, breath of fire, tales video game series. i love dorky dating sim games, princess debut was a masterpiece (lol)

 

[Alienfish]

Dating sims can be fun, or VN games in general unless they have like 48 endings, I don't have patience for that lol...

Also yeah X-2 was good, the FF games started getting bad when they switched to RT combat **** lol :/

 

[Seastar]

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity.
Out of all the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games I've played (Which is all except for the WiiWare one), I actually like this one the least. However, that doesn't mean I hate it. I really enjoyed it. Though I did wait a few years before getting it...
Edit: Oh, and if it's still getting hate, then also Super Paper Mario. I get that the game play is not like the two from before and the character designs are strange, but I still enjoyed it. It's also currently the last time we see Merlon and his relatives who had been there since the first Paper Mario.

 

[WarpDogsVG]

This is a pretty old example but Enter the Matrix. I rented it and absolutely loved it. Only later did I realize some consider it one of the worst games of all time

 

[Alienfish]

Monster Hunter Stories

Yeah, that one. Got it yesterday and I enjoy it a lot more than I thought. And I'm probably one of a few to enjoy that kind of take on such a series that is considered to be more "serious" so to say. It definitely do not deserve all the bad beans thrown at it and while I can understand it's a more cutesy take and pretty different for even a spin-off I do like it. The combat is more Yokai watch/turn based than the regular series and the graphics might not be for everyone but honestly it's fun and since I was not superfan of 3U and 4U this fit me perfectly. The dialogue might also grind people's gears since it *is* pretty easily written and repetitive but yeah, if you like good open world games it's a good play. Only downside might be that they don't really tell you stuff in some parts, like how to fish at once so you have to play around which can take ages for some Sub-quests (or I just missed stuff) but, yeah I like it!

 

[Cress]

Final Fantasy XIII
Wow a lot of people really don't like this game. It's definitely flawed but the hate it gets is pretty ridiculous. I wouldn't go out of my way to tell people to play it but I enjoyed my time with it.

However I didn't like 13-2 (yet I still got every achievement in it for some reason) and I never got around to 13-3. The sequels have no reason to exist, but the first game was gud.

• Final Fantasy XIII trilogy. They're some of my favourite games of all time I replay them annually.

Since this post I finally got around to playing and finishing Lightning Returns and yea that was fun. Add it to my list too. It was definitely unique so I wouldn't expect everyone to be interested in it, but it certainly kept me entertained the whole way through. Time management felt more fun in this game than in Majora's Mask honestly.

 

[XAustin]

There was a game called Postal 2. It's very violent and bloody but I enjoyed the gaming process.

 

[koopasta]

I don't think that Paper Mario: Color Splash was a bad game. It's a shell of PM64 and TTYD, but it still has great writing and a nice aesthetic to it. Yes, it's slow and sort of bare-bones, but looking past the copy-and-paste Toads and Bowser being the main villain, it has a nice soundtrack and made me laugh quite a lot.

 

[Katelyn]

Spore and Bubsy 3D. I’ve never seen a game as poorly received as Bubsy 3D but I ****ing loved it lol

 

[Damniel]

Sonic Adventure 2 is a controversial game, but I still enjoyed it. Same with Sonic Heroes.

I also thought Super Paper Mario was just as good as the previous PM games, it's just a different style. The new ones suck tho

 

[xSuperMario64x]

There's a lot of old NES games that are generally frowned upon--whether it be because of game breaking glitches, ripping off a movie title, etc.-- that I generally enjoy.

For instance, when I got my NES it came with Jaws. The game has very little to do with the movie but it's still a fun game to play. I also like others like Back to the Future and Ghostbusters (yeah ik I'm an 80s fanatic lol)

 

[locker]

I really enjoyed watchdogs one and two, I didn't start the games with as high expectations as everyone else seemed to.

 

[Flare]

Sonic Unleashed. I was surprised to learn when it turned out most critics found the game average at best.

 

[locker]

Hello studios is still giving the game new updates, the last update video actually looked really cool but i never got around to re-downloading it.

EDIT: in reply to Bosmer's post about No Mans Sky

 

[uwuzumakii]

Not a whole lot of people liked the Yume Nikki remake. I get why people didn't like it. They were expecting something so much more after such a long period of silence, and they got a linear, hour-link platformer for $20. If it was $5, I think people would have liked it a lot more. Aside from how different it was from the original, I still like it, especially the Pink Sea. That reminded me most of the source material. I hope they continue to update it like they did with the 2.0 patch. a Lot from the original game was left out, and if they updated it like the original was, I think many people who didn't like it at first would change their minds.

 

[Marte]

Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly. This was my favorite game, and the very first game I played on the playstation. I see now, YEARS later that oh my god, this game sucks xD But I will always love this game.

 

[Snowesque]

BluePikachu47
I don't think I've been that disappointed by a game in a while.

 

[Alexis]

Hmmm... the only "unpopular" games I play only involve a lot of IRL people actually telling me they dislike it when I play "kiddy" games like Animal Crossing and Life is Strange. It's because they're nonviolent. I don't understand why nonviolent games aren't as "adult" as violent games.

Disclaimer:
I know LiS has drugs/fighting in it. But, some people have said to me it isn't a real game because you aren't actively fighting with a controller/it's story-driven. I 100% disagree that it isn't a real game.

 

[Warrior]

Hmmm... the only "unpopular" games I play only involve a lot of IRL people actually telling me they dislike it when I play "kiddy" games like Animal Crossing and Life is Strange. It's because they're nonviolent. I don't understand why nonviolent games aren't as "adult" as violent games.

Disclaimer:
I know LiS has drugs/fighting in it. But, some people have said to me it isn't a real game because you aren't actively fighting with a controller/it's story-driven. I 100% disagree that it isn't a real game.

You are probably hanging out with the wrong types of people lol! I tell people all the time that animal crossing is my favourite game, and some will say they don't like it because it's not for them, but I've never had anyone berate me for it. If people are needlessly hostile about your hobbies and other things that don't effect them, they're kinda not great people

 

[Moruphine]

I remember when I was a kiddo, I used to absolutely adore the Crash Bandicoot game of Mind over Mutants. I don't know if it's considered negative though! I loved it as much as the older ones!